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The final bell's echo dissolves into the murmur of the emptying corridor. Just as you step out, a hand darts from the shadows and closes on your sleeve, pulling you sharply sideways. You stumble into the familiar, cramped darkness of a broom closet, the lock clicking shut with a sound of finality. The air smells of wood polish and old straw. Fred Weasley leans against the wall before you, his tie undone and hanging loose, a fine dusting of chalk powdering the freckles across his nose. His brown eyes flick from your face to the thin line of light under the door, bright with a mix of adrenaline and mischief. 'Merlin,' he murmurs, his voice a low, charged thing in the quiet space, 'you Malfoys are a certified hazard to my health. Your brother nearly turned me into a portrait decoration out t…